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Fall may be just around the corner for a lot of people, but here in Florida we get to endure a few more weeks of temperatures in the 90’s (ugh). So I think that this chilled soup that I adapted from Food & Wine magazine needs to be on the menu for September for sure….

Isn’t that such a beautiful cocktail? It’s called Norbu Lingka or “Jeweled Park” (scroll down for the recipe). Ahhhhhh……I was back in Boston early this month and was so happy to once again get together with friend and Trade’s head bartender Tenzin Conechok Samdo to to shoot another one of his gorgeous cocktail creations at this…

Give me ANYTHING caprese-style and I will devour it! This is a take on The Market Couscous that can be found HERE on my blog – I punched up the garlic, limited the number of ingredients, switched out the feta for fresh mozzarella, and added grape tomatoes and plenty of herbs. The result is a…

The name of this appetizer may sound fancy, but tuiles are honestly the easiest thing to make and would be a perfect addition to your summer entertaining menu and will wow your guests. What is a tuile? It’s nothing more than a thin crisp or wafer of cheese for a savory version, or from a…

This was actually one of the very first recipes that I put on my blog – and now is a good time to update both the recipe format and pictures in honor of the July 4th holiday because these would make the perfect dish! (And because that post did indeed look like a first-time experience…

If you’ve didn’t have a chance to catch my previous posts, I was one of the bloggers selected by blogger and cookbook author Jenny Rosenstrach (Dinner: A Love Story) to cook three recipes from her upcoming second book, Dinner: The Playbook. Although a terrific read with lots of great recipes for anyone that comes across it, it…

Hey friends…..just completed the second recipe from Jenny Rosenstach’s upcoming second cookbook, Dinner: The Playbook which will be out late this summer. And in case you missed my first post, I was one of the bloggers selected to preview and cook from her new book – very exciting!! So…….Zucchini Fritters with Sour Cream and Chives….ahhhhhhh zucchini…

Hi guys!! I am really excited to have been selected as one of the bloggers to receive an advance copy of Jenny Rosenstrach’s upcoming new cookbook – Dinner: The Playbook. Her first book – Dinner: A Love Story – is wildly popular and is all about bringing back the family meal. Her stories in her first book are entertaining,…

I was so excited to learn that I was one of the bloggers chosen to take part in this pre-publication cookbook review……Jenny Rosenstrach is the author of the wildly popular “Dinner: A Love Story” which is a wonderful collection of stories and recipes that equate to getting a good, homemade dinner on the table each…

You don’t always have to use leafy greens when making a salad…….let’s try something else to mix up the salad bar (or home) salad experience!! I concocted this salad from our Sarasota Whole Foods salad bar……and the combination of flavors was so incredible that I totally needed to share with you. And you don’t need…

I was going through my blog and came across this recipe that I posted back in the summer of 2012. Some of the spacing was messed up and I wrestled with HTML for about two hours to correct it with no success. I’m a photographer…..not a tech person and not ashamed to admit it in…

Hi there! Well I hardly ever…or maybe never?……plate and present a dish in a “family-style” way which is probably because when cooking at home, I cook for so few people that it’s a win-win for individual plating vs. serving dishes. Just extra, unnecessary dishes where I live and cook!! But this dish?!? It just begged…

Sometimes you just need a soup that fills you up and that can be classified as a meal on its own. This soup definitely fits the bill! I like to use potatoes and pasta together every so often in soup…and in this case, both are nicely balanced by the escarole which is one of…